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Apex predators exploit advantageous snow conditions across hunting modes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Advantageous snow conditions—in terms of snow depth and density—are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy. In a warming climate, the knock‐on effects of a diminishing snowpack may reduce the hunting success of multiple large carnivore species.
Benjamin K. Sullender, Taylor R. Ganz, Ross Mower, Jessica D. Lundquist, Brian N. Kertson, Thomas M. Newsome, Aaron J. Wirsing, Laura R. Prugh   +7 more
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Drought and growing season phenology over 35 years modulates species interactions among domestic and wild herbivores

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Using a unique 35‐year dataset, this study shows that domestic livestock do not facilitate wild large herbivores as predicted by the grazing optimization hypothesis. Instead, competition caused avoidance of cattle by elk which intensified under drought, and highlights how climate change influences interactions among domestic and wild large herbivores ...
Joel Ruprecht, Tavis D. Forrester, Casey L. Brown, Lara F. Mengak, Michael J. Wisdom, Darren A. Clark, Taal Levi   +6 more
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Asymmetric niche partitioning in large omnivores in response to anthropogenic disturbances within subarctic ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Anthropogenic disturbances associated with mineral extraction influenced space use and activity patterns in grizzly bears, and to a much lesser extent in black bears, in a subarctic ecosystem, signalling an asymmetric response. Abstract Niche partitioning is an evolutionary process that allows the coexistence of multiple species in a landscape. However,
Ludovick Brown, Chrystal Mantyka‐Pringle, Joël Potié, Pascale Savage, Megan Hornseth, Jason T. Fisher   +5 more
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Sterenberg, Tom 2015-07-10 Transcript

Tom Sterenberg was born in Nobleford, Alberta. He has worked as a woodworking teacher and done other carpentry work. At Coyote Flats, he got involved after his brother Clarence did and has helped to restore the Eaton House and the church.
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Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
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Habitat Features, Coyotes, and Humans Drive Diel Activity Variation Among Sympatric Mammals

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We found that multiple mammal species show considerable variation in diel activity in response to several factors, with biotic variables (habitat features and the presence of coyotes Canis latrans) having the strongest overall effects. Our results have important implications for trophic dynamics. Future studies will need to account for these underlying
Nathan J. Proudman, Maximilian L. Allen
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Interview with Maurice Wendelboe

, 2015
Maurice Wendelboe was born in 1930 in Picture Butte, Alberta. He has worked as a mechanic, welder, and power engineer. At Coyote Flats he has volunteered and helped restore the post office and Trapp Quonset and other buildings, and helped restore ...
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Managing the Threat of Subsidized Predators for a Threatened Shorebird

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Subsidized predators—native predators that have become more common due to human activities—challenge the persistence of many at‐risk prey species and require creative solutions beyond lethal predator control. In an 8‐year study, we placed small wire cages over western snowy plover nests that allow passage of plovers, but not their predators, and ...
R. R. Swaisgood, R. L. Smith, J. G. Schuetz, T. Wooten, L. I. Vilchis   +4 more
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Nolan, Bert and Charlie 2015-08-17 Transcript

Bert Nolan was born in 1930 in Coalhurst, Alberta. He was interviewed about the Nolan House at Coyote Flats because his grandfather, Thomas Patrick Nolan, lived there. He currently lives in Red Deer, Alberta. Charlie Nolan was born in 1932 in Lethbridge,
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Anticoagulant Rodenticides Contribute to a Decline in an Urban Carnivore

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) have been shown to negatively affect carnivores globally and are closely tied to human activity and development. We examined drivers of annual survival in bobcats persisting on a residentially developed barrier island over 16 years.
Meghan P. Keating, Catherine M. Bodinof Jachowski, Duane R. Diefenbach, James D. Jordan, Nicole M. Nemeth, Thomas R. Rainwater, Gregory K. Yarrow, David S. Jachowski   +7 more
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